A conceptual rendering of the Yonkers Rising development, a proposed 24-story apartment tower and low-rise office building facing the city's Van Der Donck Park. Rendering looks east from the downtown Yonkers train station.

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The unearthing of the Saw Mill River's formerly buried flume in a downtown park has inspired the design for a 24-story apartment tower to rise above it.

Developer Nicholas Sprayregen's Yonkers Rising project envisions a 233-apartment high-rise and a seven-story office building occupying most of a city block that faces Van der Donck Park near the Yonkers train station.

The exposed, or "daylighted," portion of the Saw Mill River there has become a focal point of the city's efforts to spark new development following a recession-induced lull. ...